Ducks Go Quack, Chickens Say Cluck - Onion Talks - Ep. 3

The Onion · 842.1K views · 2012-10-31 · 2:59

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Overview

An Onion Talks satire in which a faux animal behaviorist gives a pompous TED-style talk about ducks quacking and chickens clucking. It parodies the vacuous style of TED talks.

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HN uses it as shorthand for the vapidness of TED talks and for content that says very little in a lot of words.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2012–2025

Topics

Satire & parody

What people said

nicbou · 2025-08 · Joke / meme
Don't change anything on account of my personal taste. Here's a reddit post about the "LinkedIn writing style": [0]. It reads like a series of cliffhangers that never lead anywhere. It sounds like this [1] and feels like this [2]. [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK] Again, that's really just my opinion and you should not take this too seriously.
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adityaathalye · 2025-03 · Joke / meme
Ducks Go Quack, Chickens Say Cluck - Onion Talks - Ep. 3 [VIDEO] YouTube algorithm is right. This is uncannily Thought-Leading, like the original post, but better, because it's shorter by half, and still receives a standing ovation.
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preseinger · 2022-06 · Joke / meme
One sentence per line makes prose feel sanctimonious, even self-aggrandizing. I find this dude's writing un-readable for exactly this reason. All of his articles are like HTML versions of the Ducks Go Quack TED Talk [0]. I just roll my eyes. [0] [VIDEO]
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